Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Picture of the DayMan With Rose Colored EyesAcrylic on wrapping paper, 8"x10"

$195

The piece evolved from a sheet of wrapping paper which, when I looked at it, seemed liked rows of eyes rather than rows of roses. So I painted a face around one pair of eyes. (below) I probably should have quit there, but continued to work and re-work the piece, continuously dissatisfied till I finally quit in the condition you see it above.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Picture of the DayLost In TranslationAcrylic on ceramic tile from Italy, 12' x 12"

Image based on the scene where Bill Murray is doing a whiskey commercial, the reason he has come to Tokyo. It strikes me as a pivotal scene, as he is required to act alive while inside feeling so dead.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Most of the faces I've done this past year were guys. I was going for expressiveness, moods, attitudes. The delicacy of female beauty is a greater challenge, and though it is easy to appreciate aesthetically, it is not so easy to reproduce. This is a study based on a random face from Facebook.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

I think Danica is good for racing, and GoDaddy is good for the web hosting world. I'm currently working on a portrait of Danica in her Honda racing gear, but we'll see what comes of that. This piece seemed to capture her intense desire to win, an attitude shared by all winning racers. She's definitely no powderpuff.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The title of this piece is from a short story I wrote in which every sentence was plagiarized from a different work of fiction. One line was from a Hemingway story, another from a Malcolm Lowry novel, etc. The story is of minor importance, but the concept was fun to execute, much like this painting here.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

It's such an iconic image. After seeing the film it was something fun to do, though inescapably bound to the real life tragedy of Heath Ledger, who so uniquely interpreted this role. Shared here today because it seems to remain associated with my Self Portrait as Dark Knight which I shared here yesterday.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Years ago I painted a small picture which I called Blue Lincoln. His easily recognizable face carries some symbolic weight as well as an emotional resonance. Lincoln, in my own personal iconographic way, represents civil war. Each of us has our own personal battles that threaten to tear us apart. Lincoln managed to resolve these in our national "story" and in our personal stories we likewise need something heroic to give us the necessary resolve to finish the war, whatever it is.

This primarily acrylic portrait was painted in 2009.

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

One of the great jazz and blues singers of all times, if not the greatest, Billie Holiday was also known as Lady Day. I personally love this picture. The entire time I painted it I was listening to a great set of recordings of this lady singing the blues. You can read more about Lady Day atEnnyman's Territory.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Portrait of Chief Sitting BullAcrylic on masonite, 2' x 3'This is a very popular painting of the legendary Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man/leader of the Sioux Nation, both for its natural colors and the emotion it expresses.Original painting:$1800Limited edition giclee prints, 14” x 22”: $200 each.Set of 400.

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ABOUT MYSELF

Welcome! I received my liberal arts degree from Ohio University with an emphasis on the fine arts. Early influences included classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art at age five, Jon Gnagy's art classes on TV when I was eight, and a lot of encouragement from friends and family. According to my grandmother I never scribbled, even at age two. Throughout the various channels of my life and career, I've never stopped cultivating a serious interest in making art.

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I'm open to producing commissioned work. Commissioned portraits of loved ones can make excellent unique gifts.

It is my pledge to do my best to create something very cool in accordance with the styles you see reflected here or in my Art Walk Gallery. Commissioned works require 50% up front non-refundable fee. Prices can be negotiated.